Alexis Palisson (born 9 September 1987) is a French

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footballer. He plays as a fullback and

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. He is tall and weighs .

Career

He currently plays for

Colomiers Colomiers (; ; Languedocien dialect: ''Colomièrs'') is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in the Occitania region in Southwestern France. With a population of 39,968 as of 2019, it is the largest suburb of the city of Toulouse, to which ...

in the French

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. He made his international debut for

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on 28 June 2008 against

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. He also represented France in an U19 competition in

Dubai Dubai (Help:IPA/English, /duːˈbaɪ/ Help:Pronunciation respelling key, ''doo-BYE''; Modern Standard Arabic, Modern Standard Arabic: ; Emirati Arabic, Emirati Arabic: , Romanization of Arabic, romanized: Help:IPA/English, /diˈbej/) is the Lis ...

. He played as France reached the

2011 Rugby World Cup final The 2011 Rugby World Cup Final was a rugby union match between France national rugby union team, France and New Zealand national rugby union team, New Zealand, to determine the winner of the 2011 Rugby World Cup. The match took place on 23 Octobe ...

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. In May 2013 he started as

Toulon Toulon (, , ; , , ) is a city in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of southeastern France. Located on the French Riviera and the historical Provence, it is the prefecture of the Var (department), Var department. The Commune of Toulon h ...

beat Clermont Auvergne 16–15 in the 2013 Heineken Cup final.

Controversy

In July 2011, Palisson featured shirtless in LGBTQ+ magazine wearing a fake and holding a . This caused controversy in

, with some

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saying that Palisson was being disrespectful to their culture and that permission should have been sought from a particular as the usually represents affiliation. Palisson was eventually forced to apologise for any offence caused and stressed that he respects tattoo traditions.

International tries

References

External links

Profile at ESPNscrum

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